Reposted by Kate WilesDr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Well...the 'wulf' is out of the bag. Professor Daniel Wakelin and I were the Middle English consultants for Robert Eggers' upcoming film Werwulf, in UK theatres on January 1st 2027! 1317126
Reposted by Kate WilesCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Exciting new finds on the English immigrants living in early 10th-c. Rome. 07520
Reposted by Kate WilesElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"What the islanders discovered were extensive burial grounds, decorated stonework and early buildings – all the features belonging to a major sixth-century monastery, comparable to the much better known site of Iona a little to the south-west." #MedievalSky www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.com‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of ChristianityCommunity-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore 03813
Reposted by Kate WilesJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743487677
Reposted by Kate WilesHistory Today @historytoday.com · 30/09/2026#Wikipedia turns 25 this year. Its success was not a given and reveals much about our changing relationship with information online. ⌛️ Last chance to read this article for free buff.ly/Nzb5RF0buff.ly25 Years of WikipediaWikipedia turns 25 this year. Its success was not a given and reveals much about our changing relationship with information online. 172
Reposted by Kate WilesJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Waterstones have picked Pagans as one of their Paperbacks of the Year, so in all stores at 20% off! 1410633
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If they're looking for publications to subscribe to I have a suggestion 091
Reposted by Kate WilesJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I accidentally spent £17,700 on 400 subscriptions to the LRB for Home Office staff and now the Life in the UK test is asking applicants to rank Derek Jarman films from most to least emotionally resonant? 129572
Reposted by Kate WilesGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925291730
Reposted by Kate WilesKenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Excellent piece on the Carolingians by @jtpmedieval.bsky.social in the new (October 2026) @historytoday.com issue. It includes a discussion on Charlemagne's rise, some crises he faces, the impact of the Vikings on the Carolingian empire, and the fall/end of the empire. 2186
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026how do I report a post for bullying me, specifically 0140
Reposted by Kate WilesCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 19/09/202621,627 applications for the Marie Curie early career fellowships. 711944
Reposted by Kate WilesLen Scales.bsky.social @lenscales.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It matters because it teaches scepticism. Not exclusive to university history, of course. But we teach it (or we should) from day one. Why believe this? For what purpose was it said / written? Instinctive questioning. In an age of fakes, frauds and liars I can't think of a more relevant discipline. 1288
Reposted by Kate WilesDr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Thrilled to be shortlisted for the Wolfson History prize! Writing accessibly about history has always mattered to me, and it's an honour for Mesopotamia to be recognised in this way. I hope it helps more people get into the subject. 5295
Reposted by Kate WilesDr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It’s incredible to have ‘Silence of the Gods’ shortlisted for @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social, and I’m so pleased that the largely forgotten history of northern and eastern Europe’s last pre-Christian religious traditions is finally receiving the attention it deserves 📚 3327438
Reposted by Kate WilesErin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In 1965, an American scholar bought her first stolen god from two boys outside a Kathmandu temple. Grains of rice were still stuck to it — offerings from worshippers. She paid less than $2 and wrote in her diary: "I don't think the temple will miss it at all." 🧵 www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...himalmag.comMary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritageA US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States 6211114
Reposted by Kate WilesFrancesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026At long last, my article on Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede has come out in the EHR. And it is open access! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comLanguages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t 26426
Reposted by Kate WilesHistory Today @historytoday.com · 17/09/2026Congratulations to the nominees in the 2026 @WolfsonHistory Prize. You can find reading related to four of the shortlisted titles in the History Today archive. #WolfsonHistoryPrize 1/5 14916
Reposted by Kate WilesVivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots languageScientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic and Scots words for oyster or oysters in place-names around Scotland's coast. 04220
Reposted by Kate WilesMatt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026@jonnelledge.bsky.social Hello man, in case you were still curious about all the AI botspam this is a good explainer of the current wave of the phenomenon (I have had 23 of these emails since Friday): tedium.co/2026/09/11/i...tedium.coThe Worst Spam Emails: Inside iLands' AI Agent HustleiLands, a new AI agent-centric startup, is spamming creatives like me numerous times a day. What do its agents want? My job. Why? They need to buy more tokens. 3115
Reposted by Kate WilesAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with. 361220456
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 11/09/20261066 And All That continues to be the most accurate and important work of history writing ever published 2151
Reposted by Kate WilesProf Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This may well be the best write-up of where we are in terms of up-to-date scholarship on the Bayeux Tapestry. Great work, English Heritage!english-heritage.org.ukThe Bayeux Tapestry and St Augustine’s AbbeySt Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury has long been celebrated for its contribution to English Christianity. But could it also have been the birthplace of one of history’s most famous artefacts – the Bay... 17539
Reposted by Kate WilesDr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026William the Conqueror died on this day in 1087. To mark the occasion, here is a rather left-field Brittany Ferries advert for the city of Caen showing the abbey of Saint-Étienne where William was buried. #MedievalSky 14715
Reposted by Kate WilesRebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026So, @amyfuller.bsky.social and I have been a little busy. Hope you enjoy! 0122
Reposted by Kate WilesBrodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026*Many hands of every sort* I've got a 10-page feature in the latest @historytoday.com on the emergence of mass petitioning in late Tudor & early Stuart England. Tons of people adding their 'hands' to complaints and requests for the first time! #EarlyModern 🗃️ www.historytoday.com/archive/feat... 27521
Reposted by Kate WilesRebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 So excited to announce my brand-new podcast series with the brilliant @rakshadigs.bsky.social – BURIED EVIDENCE. Each episode we’ll dig into the past and find stories of murder, true crime and mystery. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/buried-evide... 03511
Reposted by Kate WilesHistory Today @historytoday.com · 26/08/2026A sophisticated ninth-century forgery became a core part of Church law. Its influence endured for centuries – even after its deceit was accepted. 🔒 Edward Roberts’ new article is now in the archive buff.ly/EjSgF5Cbuff.lyThe Medieval Forgery at the Heart of the ChurchAn audacious forgery in the ninth century helped transform the papacy and the medieval Church. Its influence persists today. 194
Reposted by Kate WilesRebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Is there a handy list or publication of medieval manuscripts produced IN Oxford, pre-1500? Out of my depth here bibliographically. @obs1922.bsky.social? 21215
Reposted by Kate WilesAlice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If I were a person in the past writing a document that may be looked at by historians one day I would simply have legible handwriting 918220
Reposted by Kate Wilesyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 12/07/2026well okay so the english won against the norwegians but in only a few days theyll have to face the french. anyway thats quite enough about September 25th 1066, lets look at some football news 111313332
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 11/07/2026A rough translation: 'Get lost worm, with your nine worm-children. Out from the marrow into the bone, from the bone to the flesh, from the flesh into the skin and out from the skin into this frog' 1100
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 11/07/2026this weekend I've written the first 1200 words of this 500-word section, so it's going well 1180
Reposted by Kate WilesTuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Job alert! British Library seeks a Curator for their Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts DL 12 July tinyurl.com/25fs9kun #medievalMSS 04148
Reposted by Kate WilesDaniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It is only very large cities that will not be severely affected by university shrinkage or collapse. A loss of students and universities in mid-sized places like York, Coventry, Exeter, Southampton will change the area fundamentally. In many, universities are the second biggest employer, after NHS. 68034
Reposted by Kate WilesHelen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A die stamp, potentially for making foils akin to those on the Sutton Hoo helmet has been found in Kent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The @findsorguk.bsky.social record is here: finds.org.uk/database/art... 717851
Reposted by Kate WilesJames Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Pleased to see that the July issue of @historytoday.com is out. I have a small contribution to their "Head to Head" segment on "How did the English arrive in Britain", in which I tried in c. 300 words to get across the complexity of the debate and what new evidence developments do and don't tell us. 1348
Reposted by Kate WilesEdward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Really enjoyed this article by @brackman1066.bsky.social in the new issue of @historytoday.com! 141
Reposted by Kate WilesCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 17/06/2026www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...hist.cam.ac.ukProfessor Rosamond McKitterick 1949-2026. In memoriam | Faculty of History University of Cambridge 01814
Reposted by Kate WilesTim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social 1515355
Reposted by Kate WilesSarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 06/06/2026German scholar of Japanese history writes a book about slavery in Korea despite the fact that he doesn't have adequate Korean reading skills so instead of collaborating with an actual human Korean expert, he turns to AI to translate thousands of pages of source material. 🤯😡 1010742
Reposted by Kate WilesEmilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Really can't cope with the fact that Nottingham's now departed VC (now VC at Leeds - god help them) wasted £80 MILLION on a building it is now selling at a crushing loss (£14m), and is attempting to recoup some of that by sacking 100s of academics and decimating the institution. Absolutely criminal. 79243
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Oh wow. Greggs has made an 8-metre Bayeux Ta-pastry, on display this weekend 🤯 www.greggs.com/news/unveili... 0368
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social · 02/06/2026OK, so there's a Kpop video that uses manuscript imagery and it's bothering me because I can't work it out! The credits say no ai and Korean law means they now have to declare it. But what are these referencing?? 2167
Reposted by Kate WilesCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I was wrong: what the world really needs is a list of *101* queens on the move, 900-1150! List now updated: thanks very much to everyone who's chipped in. 66523
Reposted by Kate WilesElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Cool map of queens on the move in medieval Europe, from the mid tenth to mid twelfth century! #MedievalSky 0155
Reposted by Kate WilesAlice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 01/06/2026JOB ALERT - Curator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts (1601-1950) at the British Library - full-time, permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRR461/c...jobs.ac.ukCurator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts at British LibraryApply for the Curator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 01718
Reposted by Kate WilesJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵 541924844
Reposted by Kate WilesCarsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I've got to be honest: reading the excellent text by Stefan Collini in the LRB on the state of British Higher Education is leaving me a bit depressed. He is offering some solutions that would address the dilemma the marketisation of universities has placed us in, but this needs political will. 22413